Breakthrough

Happily God has provided His Church today with tools unknown to the early churches, tools which, if used properly, bring the task of world evangelization within the realm of possibility. If the printing press provided the first major breakthrough in history then the electronic media, with the advent of radio, provided the second. These are two of the tools of which we are talking and it is hard to conceive of missions today without either of these.

The power lies in the testimonies that we can share with one another.  Here is one from Charles Spurgeon --

Whenever I feel that I have sinned and desire to overcome that sin for the future, the devil at the same time comes to me and whispers, "How can you be a pardoned person and accepted with God while you still sin in this way?" If I listen to this I drop into despondency, and if I continued in that state I should fall into despair, and should commit sin more frequently than before; but God's grace comes in and says to my soul, "Thou hast sinned; but did not Christ come to save sinners? Thou art not saved because thou art righteous; for Christ died for the ungodly." And my faith says, "Though I have sinned, I have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and though I am guilty yet by grace I am saved and I am a child of God still." And what then? Why the tears begin to flow and I say, "How could I ever sin against my God who has been so good to me? Now I will overcome that sin," and I get strong to fight with sin through the conviction that I am God's child.